BILL NUMBER: AB 2103 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 19, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hill
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
An act to add Section 66704.05 to the Government Code, relating to
the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2103, as amended, Hill. San Francisco Bay Restoration
Authority.
Existing law authorizes the San Francisco Bay Restoration
Authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or
property-related fee consistent with Articles XIII C and XIII D of
the California Constitution, as specified.
This bill would require (1) the board of supervisors of
each affected county, when the authority proposes a regional
measure to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or
property related property-related fee for
submission to the voters, to call a special election on the
regional measure and place the regional measure on
the ballot of the next regularly scheduled election and
would require , (2) the county clerk of each
county to report the results of the special election to the authority
, and (3) the authority to adopt and implement the regional
measure if the applicable constitutionally required
majority of the aggregate electorate votes affirmatively for the
regional measure .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 66704.05 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
66704.05. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when
the authority proposes any regional measure pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 66704 for submission to the voters of one
or more counties within the San Francisco Bay Area, including, but
not limited to, the City and County of San Francisco, the board of
supervisors of each of those counties shall call a special election
on the regional measure. The special election shall be
consolidated with the next regularly scheduled statewide election and
the regional measure shall be submitted to the voters
in the appropriate counties, consistent with the requirements of
Article XIII C or XIII D
of the California Constitution, as applicable .
(b) Each county included in the measure shall utilize the ballot
question, title and summary, and ballot language provided in the
resolution of the authority.
(c) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of
the special election to the authority.
(d) If the necessary majority of all voters , required under
Article XIII C or XIII D
of the California Constitution, as applicable, voting on the
question regional measure vote
affirmatively, the authority shall adopt and implement the
regional measure.